Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1887-01-21
NOTES.

| There is a story rxtant to the effect that the
Hon Benz ,min II .rris Br- ss;-r loves "A CRATE
! fire but hates black coal aui accordingly has
| his servant " hitrwaSr the coal before il is
| brought into his room.
| The first joint hal OF for Unit d States Sesa-
tor in the TrX.s Legs atur- vii tie taken on
the 25th The best c.Irnl ,Iian for the first
| ballot is as follows: q n. Max>y Al Gov.
Ireland So Judge Il .ag.n 30 Jidle Terrell 10,
Hon. John lI.nro'k }, d. q 'iins .
| Professor Foster. who preiir,e last summer
| that this would be coil winter with great
fluctuations Of tehp.rature, now advises ice
men TO put up large qu,ntilies OF ice. as there
will be Large demand for il next summer. and
| the opportunities of gathering ice will not be
| 20 favorable the fol owing winter.
| Jack McAu al fe, of iirookl,n ch mpion light.
weight of America and Harry Gilmnr OF To-
ronto. liz hi Wei bit champion Of Canad+, fought
% rounds ~ Lawrence, Mass, Friday night
tor the Hol,ke International diamond prize
| oelt, valued at ; 900. and purse of $500.
Gllmor was kno, ked sensele-s in the 18Th round
The worst snow storm Of the season visited
Minnesota and Dakota Monday aid Tuesday
night. Specials from Pierre and Bsnsrck, ID.
T., state that trains are abands ned. There
were no mails from the Territory last Monday
The thermometers al Minneapolis, Mimi, on
Monday showed II degrees below zero.
| man, WHOSE name would have been good
on check for s. 00O, 900 not long ago, spent
two hours in the back Off = of Wall stree,
broker one day last week waiting lo get the
cnance 10 borrow SIO from one " h , used to be
his clerk. Specu alton had brought him pow
erty and ID AIDE be clerk uni lion IRE, all with
in year or Two.
C II. Colt has accepted the challenge OF
Captain Bush, Of the Curonet, to sail any keel
schooner aying the American ftg. Tie states
that the zach, D.uniess ~ili be ready 10 sail
a race for Sic 0oo-sseep,takes-from SANDY
/ Hook TO Qaeens,own sny time between The lst
and 18th OF March according to conditions
named in The challenge.
John Tobiu, who lives ne4r Albion, In =,
after knocking his vie senseirss Friday night.
/ carried h-r TO the track of The Baltimore and
Ohio Road, whore he left her TO be run over
The approach Of train brought the woman
back TO consciousness and she mAu.Ged to
crswl to Albion, h,li a mile distant, where Sd,
tod her story. Tooin Was arrested
Near R.ymiI,on. Pa, Saturday aight, .
pitched battle WAS foayh, Tor the possessloa Of
4 coal mine. between 4 man n-mei CLAYTON
! aad his sdhereuts ard tn Black h Others Who
clam lease Of The property, aud attempted
was fatally injured, and several others we're
badly hurt. The Black otrers we're beaten
Ms QIsy~as on Tuesday elected Cuited
State. S.uator Of Psnasylvanis By the fol . 4
vote in b. Legislature: Hous-QIay. rep.
49, Wol'.rtoa, dem, IS Sensie-Ql.y, 81,
Wol'erton, ID. Gays majority, s.. TnI'
10 6nal, ~ the tso orsnchrs ut the legislature
do sot meet 10 joint SESSION when the same
a.. - IN. a-h hy.- ~
The Potter, Of the Nes York sirsis OF Potter
blood 20 De = family Of Bishops bishop
Ho-aiio Potter. -ha died at ;as age Of 81 years
in New York on Sauday OF iat week. a.. zoe
OF the brothers OF AlouIo P1usr. onCr Bishop
Of Penasslvsaia Henry e P1itrr ~ho sue.
eeedei A,s venerable gncl-. Jast dead ~ Bi'A
OF OF M 70 i, is a 0n Of the late Bishop
A!onzo Potter.
4 colorea .on,u xho bad beea turned ou,
Of he- house on Thursday % last ssek. y .
mi from Atcoa. c.. ptivd aP her sfscis n
The woods al .hanioaeA them. together ~rth
tao baby gran 1. ht dcra. ssei four All 81
year. NJ II = EiIlris a-sr <apss place
ihe sE4ir occsrr-d foaai Tue rhi4r-a after
they bad remained oaV IA th~ woods &c = RAIN
Tor iwo dag aud nighu without food
Rev Steve 2 HoIcons the eonrert-A gem
Der snd es-ngs.tg .s<.git~i 1t 'hr home
estab ,sh d ey hins-li IN L1oisrgss ~. Saa-
i.v ntg hI ~usi-tntag broken Lex -at other
injuries The 4 n -uIi1 SIS ot~r ine di>es ,rge
Of s-rr.at. Tare~ unsao~a mo called Up
on him AMI ismaaisi rs.sou Oas % them
called him liar sai n. Knocked "I7a 4osr.
The Others thea stEsc.ei him, wlth toe s.o' =
ressr.
/ Rober; Warren. aged s'y -f5ur wears. .aA 80
L.. IN 4 ii.
ted suicti. Wsia.siaT. 10y h.nging himself
with ,raee-ehsia 10 the rIfssrs % BIS bars
He told hi. ~ifc ne sss going n4t to fed and
cot returning. she vent 10 10 x for h,n. ssd
found his BODY banging as above f~scrthsd
NJ olhsr csase than bard ''nss ca b- ass go
ed TO- his rsshns... - b. was IN 'ni.li' SQUAD
i lie Jeff large f4nilt ie'ti,ate,
The dead BODY of N-lsoa R,racn "a. feasd
last Pridar 10 clumo o. bushes near estal
Pleasant. " VI Tarse y-ars ago Borden
killed John I.r;rher daring ql1rrl, Itch
er's son Abaer. thea Il ys4rs oh tod HE m y
ther and oIh-rs that hen h as Sig enog h
he -suid kill Borden. The fsct that h. 49,
bunting FRI lay 10 the woods ~hsr- Bnrs-n
~as found dad. gives color TO III. hslsef Ih.t
he has carried ost bis threat.
The Ohio Legislature has dapieA jlini r,so.
buttons requesting Senators sad Cpasrrs.neu
10 urge the passage Of the bill introduced h'
Con ,r-ssm$n Price. Of Wisconsin, which would
refund TO y h-rn States certain amounts paid
nv ,hsw on direct war ter assessed Augast 5
1861. md would relieve Southern State ~ ths
proportion assessed against them and still IN
paid The amount Of an spprop isuoa 10
carry this into effect will 90, exceed SIS 900,
900.
Convicted Doodle Aliermsn Arthur J Nc
: Qu.de of NJ York, was taken from tbs
Toombs on Monday By two deputy sh-rSs
They accompanied bin IN = coach 10 the Grand
Contra depot, ~here the party took the train
for Sing Sing. McQ Iades brother, Barney,
secompa MED them. He arrived a, Sing. Siug
prison at ; O'clock 10 the sfteraoon, and re-.
cei,ed bis out6t Of striped clothing at once
He will be employed in the lam Try. His cell
is directly over that OF J.ehue.
Miss Flora Wade, young LADY employed il
a steam laundry at Atlanta is the victim Of 4
singular and distressing sccideut She vas at
tending TO the iron machine, into which III,
rough dried clothes are put. when she threw
her be, d back far enough for the heated roller:
Of the "msngle machine TO catch her hair
when she was drawn up by the hair uutil hel
head touched them. The pain caused her tc
throw up her hands. and one fell upon the red
hot rolers and the flesh was entirely removed
from the paim
MAYOR Guillotte, of New Orleans, whiIs gun
ming in PIsquenine parish Saturday, left Mr.
l.. Boucher in carriage, requesting him u
remain there while he (Mr Guilot,e) went ia
search of a covsy Of birds Mr.. Boucher, 10
stead Of remaining in the carriage, got out and
/ went to bridge near by, and when the bird
were flushed the mayor fred killing bird ant
peppering Mr.. Boucher in the face with No. s
shot at thirty yards. Two shot went into each
eye, and i. 10 feared that his sight will be i'm
paired, if not destroyed.
1t has just been discovered that old Senator
Charles W. Jones was elected to the Uoitef
D States Senate By bis own vote. Six years age
he was a msmber of the Florida Legislature
When be ballot for United States Senator wal
: taken he arose and said: "In the name an,
BY the command of the 3, 900 Democrats ef Els